Analysis of Tz'u No. 5
Li Ching Chao 1804 (Jinan, Shandong) – 1155 (Shaoxing, Zhejiang)
To the tune of "Like a Dream"
I always remember the sunset
over the pavilion by the river,
so tipsy we could not find our way home.
Our interest exhausted, the evening late,
we tried to turn the boat homeward.
By mistake, we entered deep within the lotus bed.
Row! Row the boat!
A flock of herons, frightened,
suddenly flew skyward.
| Scheme | X XXX XAX X XA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1011101 1101001 1000101010 11011111011 10100100101 11110110 1011101010101 1101 0111010 100110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 338 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 3, 1, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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